遇
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(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
Formation & memory
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How 遇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 meaning “walk” + 禺 sound ()
Components 辶 禺
How to remember it
encounter · Heisig RSH #1443
Talking Cricket + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 遇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遇事生风 | to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom) | |
| 可遇不可求 | can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipito… | |
| 百年不遇 | only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) | |
| 不期而遇 | meet by chance; have a chance encounter | |
| 流离遇合 | to reunite after being homeless refugees | |
| 超国民待遇 | (law) privileges granted to foreigners exceeding those accorded to nationals of the host c… | |
| 国民待遇 | (law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and co… | |
| 遇难者 | victim; fatality | |
| 知遇之恩 | lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protecti… | |
| 随遇而安 | at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with go… | |
| 特别待遇 | special treatment | |
| 遇难船 | shipwreck | |
| 机遇 | opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck | |
| 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 外遇 | extramarital affair | |
| 相遇 | to meet; to encounter; to come across | |
| 怀才不遇 | to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent | |
| 遇火 | to catch fire; to ignite | |
| 路遇 | to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere; to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere | |
| 遇强则强 | tough adversaries make you stronger |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 禺 — compare how they read.